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The British Army has begun using some unbelievably small drones on the front lines in Afghanistan. At just four by two inches, the Black Hornet Nano Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is small enough to fit in the palm of a child’s hand. It’s equipped with what must be an infinitesimally small camera, which soldiers use to […]
After 22 years of waiting, Kevin Shields and My Bloody Valentine have finally dropped another album, titled simply m b v. And on first listen: it’s good! It sounds a lot like My Bloody Valentine! Hard to tell on first listen whether it’s worth the wait, but I’m confident enough to say it beats the […]
About 3,000 Christmas trees in Long Beach, Long Island, are receiving a new lease on life thanks to some enterprising citizens committed to rebuilding their beach and their community. The trees have been placed in large piles along the beach’s destroyed dunes, with hopes that they’ll catch sand blowing in the wind and jumpstart the […]
Herbert, Financial District. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
In case you’re wondering why the Flatiron District looked so soggy earlier today: a water main under 23rd street broke, semi-flooding streets and messing up the commute for riders of the N/R/Q trains. (Photo: @RiskyEndeavor) […]
In Style Wars, the quintessential documentary about the early beginnings of graffiti and the City of New York’s attempts at battling its proliferation, there’s a particularly entertaining scene featuring an entire subway car that was painted with the words: “Dump Koch.” According to notorious bomber COPE2, that train was painted by SPIN TFS “on the […]
If you need some fast cash, why not reply to this Craigslist post from East Village looking for someone to fart on a cake? OK, it might sound weird, but it’s for a friend’s birthday party. Nope. Still sounds weird. From the listing: I know this sounds bizarre, but I need someone (preferably female) to […]
Reference-happy West Coast rapper and noted weed enthusiast the Game now has an official way to smoke his weed, as the folks at Grenco Science have whipped up a vaporizer with his name emblazoned all over it. Done up in luxurious red and gold trim, the vape also includes two small glass jars (for storing […]
This group of Philadelphia-based artists and scientists is fascinated by the stuff you throw away. So fascinated, in fact, that they’ve spent the past 15 months collecting, photographing, recording, and analyzing garbage, compiling their findings into a Taxonomy of Trash website and book. Now, the artist, photographer, biologist, and sound engineer are taking to Kickstarter […]
The latest project from New York-based Libyan photographer Jehad Nga is a huge step away in style from his well-recognized crisis and conflict photojournalism. The Green Book‘s title refers to a 24-chapter quasi-philosophical propaganda tome of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The book was issued to all Libyans during his reign as “required reading… an inane […]
